Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-30
THE BEAN ESTATE.
TIE Trial fer AdmInlssr&;arsB:p Comes
Up In The Fannin County Court.
Saunders showed Under
Public Suafimens Drifting Toward DIR.
RowarsEof san Antonio as the Legal
96ear-The WIN a Fraud.
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Bo&HAM, TEX Nov. 29.-The famous
ToNBeau case came up for trial TO day
IN the G unity court. The case was called
g. O'Clock but no action was taken until
80. when the evidence was begun.
The attorneys for the man j w. Ssun-
ders withdrew their client from this trial,
eating that IS It was only trial for ad-
ministrstorshio, they would Withdraw
aad hold their evidence for trial for right
OF property. The evidence taken by the
attorneys OF Dr. II P Howard Of San
Antonio is very damaging TO Saunders.
Some of the most important is eooat as
follows:
Wiliam Lock, who has resided in this
county for about forty-fVe years, stated
On the staSd that he had known Tom G.
Bean fully forty-fv years, had heard him
speak of bis brother, ] M Bean, who
vent to California and died there; had
frequently heard the deceased speak OF
his father, whose name was COlmer Be2n.
rhe witness knew where this Colner
Bean was buried, the spot being in the
Z lglish cemetery in eastern part OF the
city. He had heard Colonel Bean ssy
that he formerly lived in Washington,
D G,
DR.. R. Martin was placed On the
kstsnd and testified about as fol-
lows: knew Colonel 7
C. Bean, was his medical advisor.
| In 8 conversation with him IS to where
be came from, he stated to me that be
was born in Washington, D. c. l never
heard bin say anything about Saunders
Robery Eaglish, probably the Oldest Cit
zen in the county, Wss next called to the
stand. MIR. English stated he had known
| Colonel Bean since 1S4S. He knew Tom
Beams father, and knew that he wss
buried in this city. He had heard the
deceased say he was born in Washington,
Id. C.. He was satisfied that the de-
! ceased's father WIGS named Colmer Bean
| He had Gre quently heard Colonel Bean ssy
that he had formerly lived in PALMYRA
Mo-, where he moved from Washington
D. C, and further on ne moved tc
Fayeste, Ark, and from thence to Bon
nam. Tex.
The next evidence introduced WAS 6
deposition from Zsdoc Williams of Wash
,ngton, D. c., in which the deposer states
| that he knew Colmer Bean in Washing
ton city, ssid Colmer Bean Yves carpen-
ter by trade, and left Washington between
1920 and 1880.
Another deposition from Washington
that Of Mary Ann Hutchinson, fully
cCrroborated the statement made in tn
foregoing deposition.
More evidence in the shape G
dispositions from persons il
surrounding counties Was introduced
+ud by them it was proved that Thoms'
G. Besn was born IN Washington, D G.
sud had been known as Tom Bean since
quite young man. It was also proved
nat he knew nothing of the surveyor
business till after he came to Fayetteville
Ark, whiets was in 1884, conse quently b
coptdsH8t have murdered man IN Ten
aessee with this jacob st # in 1885.
The evidence all beng in, court wa
adjourned till 8 O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing. The courtroom was filled with {
crowd Of curious listeners. The only topi
of conversation for the past two day.
mas been Tom Bean and the mysterie!
which surround his past life. It is plain
IL evident that public sentiment is drift
ing toward DR.. Howard of San Antonio
as the legal heir, and this matter will il
all probability be settled tomorrow. tn
will which Was so recently sent throug
the mail TO Colonel Robert Taylor of thl
place is conceded by all to be fraud
and will never be probated.